Transmission control



Aug. 26, 1930. K. R. MANVILLE TRANSMISSION CONTROL Filed Deo. '7, 1928 5 Sheets-#Sheet 2 Aug 26, 1930.'

K. R. MANVILL-E TRASMISSION CONTROL Filed DSC. '7l 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Aug. 26,1930. K. R. M ANVILLE TRANSMISSION CONTROL Filed pecl '7, 1928 '5 sheets-sheet 4 www0/b: .Kem 1l. Mam/m@ Aug'. 26, 1930. K. R. MANVILLE TRANSMFSSION CONTROL y Filed Dec. 7, 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Aug; 26;"1930) e I sion" whioh'p'royides;at thereby 1 f multiplying "the tetalfli number f of .speed ratios-between ycontrol fore; number o1" speeds ere obtained byfe sngle-otheris seriously jeopard yshift leverv Without complictingthefshi'fting l movements of" the meehztnism andi-rendering; l Vidjez't' 'fme'ztns for. looking; out. awund'esirable signed lWith t View te ine foi' gearr'atios obtainable' between? the-1 drlv ing and'drlven'members :1nd Athe most'c0m= vided Which' his. Capable of; `1nrodl'iciig the i'sto provide n dontro'L'orffa transmiss'ioni-hein'n so .missionf boXg, such control being aeoompli'shedb g-h range Oi'SpedSl vide i e conti-o1[forzemtrztnsmissien, the number'.fofespeedsiis multiplied by they mi y'clusion-'iof zi-secondary setV of gears- Whichfpro'f Vide rmfedditi(mail speed .Change fora 'eeeh po? 7 spe'eds, they dierenebetiveengtheferiitios. titi-1f'offspeeds.l '.1

.N'W'JE'NSEY, .AssieNoR To IN'rraej i NATIONAL MomoncoMPANY,QFNEWYORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION or DELAWARE l 'i I i i .j.-TNANSMIssioNooNTRon, ,l l i Y 7, 1928;:"seria1No- 324,352@c f ff The vpresent inventionjrelates to trensmis'f forded the-highspeedoi one'rdn'gealnd the?? sionsjfor Vvehicles 'and embodies an improved transmission, wherein afi greater speed ehenge-:in -oneoftheranges, whereby fr 1 quiet siiiitfi's insured; and zi'sarfe ldiierence ofA` `ratios betweenv the speed'chengeso-Jaill of. thegeersis 1n'zi intainedjff A iff r-A 'furthenobject .off the invention is to'zinf corporate7 in thejshiftingmechanismfa locke; e' ing means falwhichixpositively looks allfxidle 1 gears Which areinotshifted-'in' egiven operai- Vthe'driving andfdrvenfltion;against'accidental nio? ement-l i Furtherfobjeets Willapper:esztheinvene thef 'controlling devie unduly" complicated.

Speed ehang'ejmeehanisms have Ib'eenJdef l'easing the number:

thef'eontrol'eeb has-ren l redlitshijiter sleev ls I'nove'dtd@neutral psition;y bef-pre@ that@ transmission.' Figure' 2 is eview in' vertical;section,tekeni1v vlon line 2-2 of Flgureflk andflooking mt-heki direction ofthe arrows. *'1- "l -Figure 3' is avert'ie l View VVinfsectien trol. levers in highly 1 desirable eddedspeed cbanges'Without`requringseddl;z tional :control lever-s: 'for'. the manipulationlof aken/ Onlt-helbrokeii line Bf of Figure lg'zendylook-y the sliding gezins 'of sueh tren'smission ob]ect of -the fpresei'it'. Invention; accordingly ingl afgreater number 'of speed 'chi'igesfthe'A the?"convenitionalfthree forfour 'speed'tfransr shifted lto. a f position4 lCorresponding to" the :mi section; alieni 'on line 5-125` ofFigure'gnnd leoking in thedirection ffj ofthearrowsi Figure?) Y Figiire 4,' showing the nternieciiete l and thigh' v posit-ion of the selector slevejiinthe.high range. f

throughlevsin'gle leven.; Figure 5 is a yView A further-ob] ect of the invention is to pro Where1n ;,Figxnref- 4,1 showing.

provide tli i driven'el-ements'. Itvhppens' ."thdtl in ther-.conventional gear o'f'gearsfoi pronidingfen additional range"(yf.4 Ltioned in the, neutrelpi-tio 'of thelowre' g `r ranfre. y .Y Figure l1 isa view in section, taken on line i 11.-11 of Figure 10, and looking inthe direction of the arrows. Y

Figure'12 is a diagrammaticillustration of the path of movement'of the gear shift lever to effect the speed changes availablein the constructionv described herein.

In the mechanism to be described, it iscentemplated that a transmission be used similar to the ytransmission.shown and ydescril'ied in Y the eopending application of Philip E. Matthews, Ser. No. 385,759 tiled January 29, 1929, wherein a secondary transmission is utilized ahead of the main transmission,thesecondary .transmission comprising two-pairs of gears adapted to beseleetively engaged to provide either the high or lowran'ge of speedV changes. BetweenY the 'engaging position of these vpairs for'the high and low ranges a nentralvlposition is provided at which Vposition-none. of;

the gears of the main or'l secondary transmis- 'sions,-save the driving gearof the latter, is turned With thedriving. element. Thisisan important factor in cold Weather when itV fre- .1

quently is fdiiiicult .to start vthe. engine, since the drag ofthe heavy and cold loil upon the gears' is now eliminated.

The control'lever, in addition to the .fore and aft longitudinal movement'to engage the gears, is `capable of lrockingmovement? into three positions. For convenience, these positions willA be Vtermed selector-positions and are indicated-inthe vertical sections byheavyvr dot'fand-dash lines.y -selector shaftxinte anyy of these three posi- Afterfhaving moved the tions, Vthe shaft is moved axially in eithera forwarder rearward direction to cause a de- 'sired gear shift to be completed. The followi ing description Will-set' forth thespeciiic man-fv ner of effectingthe .desired shifting operationsmore clearly.

Referrin to the above drawings a indig L. i

Y ,1 cates thetop of a transmission .housing pro-` vided with acoverz. V The gears ineiudedin the Vtransmission are represented-by .thin dot and dfare mounted in the housing andcarry shifter sleeves Zi', o. and (Z, respectively, each 5'5.. s

' and (Z2, respectively..v These forks engage the 1 of which `areformedvvith shifter forks 62,502,

sliding gears of the transmis to move such gears :intoa desired position.`l

Theshifterfork 2W-controls thev gea'rsof the Y secondary transmission'. for the .selecting v of a high or low-range of speeds for theychanges tralVV position, the spring pressed datent-da may beformed vWiththe gear'shift lever. The shaft is formed 'With a key eg-and mounts asleeve f Which .In'this manner, the disc ling movement ing-disc is formed with notches fig-f .Which are suitably spaced Withrespect Y ksliiftersleeves .as vdescribed hereinafter. Yand dash lines in certain ofthe figures toA illustra-te the relationshipV between the gears and shifting mechanism. Shifter shaftszb,` c

sions and s serve f f77-Loes a low reverse change in accordance with the direction of movement of the sleeve While the shifter sleeve cprovides the engagement of certain of the gears of the main transmission to effect the intermediate and high speed changes after a desired change of they secondary gears by' the appropriate movement of sleeve d has been effected. Movement of the sleeve c to the right in Figure l, engages the sliding 'gearsto vprovide the intermediate shift of the main transmission, While movement in the opposite direction effects-the high f speed change. Movement of the shiftersleeve Afb yto the left in Figure l, effects ,the first or lovvv speed change in the selected range, While movement in the opposite direction causes the reverse shift to be made. In this manner,

the selector mechanism lmoves the .various Mounted at an opporpriate position in the top of thehousing a With respect to the-shiftsleeves to provide the desired speed change.

ershaftsb, c and d, is a` selectorshaftc.

This shaftis capable of rocking and slidingV movement :Within the top ofthe housing and with an eye e for connection isformed Withjalocking disc f. The sleeve 7 and discf are mounted slidably upon the: selectorshaft .e but, by reason of the key, aie constrained to the selectoryshaft. The housing topa is formed With afdovvnwardly extending lng a2 which is formed with a slot a3 to receive the 7" is prevented from partaking of the sliding movement of lthe selector shaft e, it being only capable of rock- Within the slot a3. The lockand .f4 to the both rocking and sliding..v 'This' VsleeveY is rocking movement ofthe f disc f.

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formed with afiangevg VWhichis provided Y with shi-fti g fingers g2,- g3 Vand g4, respectively. Shifting' finger g2 visalignedwith notch f2, as clearly shown in Figuref, While f fthe fingersy g3 and gl'arerespectivelyaligned With notches f3 and f4.

Each shifter sleeve e', c and di isfformed; I

Withxan invvardlyrextending flange b5, c5 and d5, respectively, each fla-nge in `turn beingY formed'lwith notchesl 67 andes N y ,06,07, and 08'; and dlland als,

p respectively. The locking-,disc f engagesnotch Z7 or d8, in accordance With the position of shifter sleeve d.'

to lprovide itheflovv rangef ofy ,speedsfvvhi'le-f' those ofthe primary"transmission*arestill in Figure :5. This selector-position' corresponds 'dition, the locking jdisc f engages either of VthefloW speedy position of theloiv rangegvtoj y number one, 'as shown in F igures 1y and. 2,

-in Figure 9,v In this position, the gearsof the `shaft e, as desoribedfabove, the` lovv and ref* 'the low 'range is attained by shifting the sleeve 'lhelockingA Vdisoalso engages notches vo and o? Whenthe shifting sleeve d Vis in aneutral f d A A, position or While it is being shifted. Iniad#` With the flange '0.5. Amal movementof the shaft e to the right, as viewed inFi'gure 1 moves the shifter fork 02 to cause thel intermediate gear connectionto be effected.y

At'this point,it is Well to digress in order the'notches bs or 'civvhenV either of the sleeves b or c are not to be'moved to effect a gear Change Y Shifting finger 'g2 'engages notch bivvhen l the shifting sleeve d has'been moved to av low range po'sition'fand notch b when the sleeve has beenmoved tofavhigh range position.` Fingers g? and gen'gage therespec#l tiyenot'ches 0,`o;vandk d2 @7; .when the shiftinf discv has been'moved'y into the correspondingabove mentioned positions; v

At this point,v it is Welltol review the construction setl forth aboveandy describefits. mode of operation.'Y .As previously stated, the shifter sleeves `are all shown jin the neutral position in Figurel. ,Assumingrtliat the gearsy areV to be shiftedj progressively frein inventionV may` be described. As previously tween tworvvidely varied speed ratiosy The danger of this isquite apparent and invorderV complished,V a locking arrangement-has been providedto preventtheoperator from shiftf inginto the high 'speed vposition ofthe low tion ofthe lovvfrange has beenloclie'd'ouit and is neverutilized in the "presentconstructiong thehigh speedpovsition ofthe high ranged.A selectorishaft eY is Vrocked to vselector position in vvhichvv position-finger g4 engages notch de of the shifter' sleeve jaiI andnotch v#is d aligned with theV flangel (Z5, thus lpermitting g sliding movement of the .sleeve df.' This selector position of the shaftre is'illustrated by the' heavy :dot andv 'dash line. s hovvnI in yI iigfure 2. The selector'shaft e is then moved to the right as viewed yin FigureV 1 A 4Causing lthe'shift-k er sleeve ato be movedt the'posit-ion shownl to theposition illustrated by the heavydot and dash line in Figure 11.*' `VVvhenr the selechigh "speed connection-lin ithe ylovv range fof opesaiveiypiockaout;

secondary vtransmission have been', engaged Continuing Y v from the intermediate'yposition of the @10W neutral. Y After havinggrieved]theselector g y u giniWhichnotch o8 is aligned ivith the lockingy verse shifter sleev'efo *isf engaged zby rocl; in'gtheselector,shaftto position number three g as shov'vn by the heavydotandidashline'ini' line'riny Figure 2 in Which position linger g4. i p engages'notch' d6.' ,Axial'movement ofthe to the'maximumjrocking movement of the selectorshaftfestofthe left, asvievvedinFigselector shaft 'inthe 'direction opposite fromy that in which it ismoved to engage the Ishifter sleevev d off .the secondary -tra'nsn`1ission,.` I-Iaving'rocked the selector^shaft e to the'position described above, the shifter finger. g2 engages Vslot Z26- 'yvhile Vthe notch; 72,2V is: aligned with thefflange of? ofthe lsleevejb" A'Xial movement ofthefselector shaft e tothe right r` in Figure 1 engagesfthe reverse gears to provide thev reverse 'gear connection vfor thelovv range." Movement of the shiftersleevei'blto i the left as viewed in Figure 1, efectstherlovv speedconnection for lovvran'ge, f

From the; low Vspeed yconnection of' the glovv range, the intermediate speed connection for;

through itsy neutral yposition and into-the the position shown by theheavy dotand dash gagesnotch-b" While notch fZ-is aligned with flange E55, Incidentally, the locking disc f should be remembered in the operationof hV back tof-the position in'vvhichnot'ch t? Valigned Withthelocki'ngldiscff{and'roclriiigffjengagernent of the lockin'g'fdisc #"ifnfthelk thev Selector shafted. to, pston numberfigwol .A propriate l notches vof 'the f several sleeves. v

dotand dash line. Y In this position, thejfinger g3 engages notch @fand the notch fais aligned f that an' additional feature einbodie'd'in this'k stated, the shift from the high speed connecg tion of the 10W range to the lovv speed ccmneoaV tion .of the high range involves a jump jbe-[fy that this connection' cannot'accidentally be ac-z,

speeds,faiid, in'this' manner, this conn-ection'is 'f range', the sleeve 'o' is Ymoved'toY the position,vv

*ure l, causes, the 'shiftersleeve d to be moved this controlling mechanism that each: of'thej shifterl vsleeves notjmovedy to effect vravv desired j' speed change is locked from movement bythe f With-the shifting'of Vfinger, g2 Sengaging'not'ch `Ad'ogl h provided with a finger JLkis4 secured toA the shaft v(Z. H The finger@ projects ,intogl Y the path of'movement ofiinger'gtWhen. thef'v latter is moved to the left yas, viewed' in 'Fig-'1 Vure l and the selector shaft e hasbeen rocked tor shaft is `in this positionthe finger g4 is aligned With'jt-he' finger'ghfandmovement of"v .vf' the selector sleeve tothe left, as viewedfing'j f Figureffl',A isA thus preventedtgV-Tliis moveil ment is the-movement necessary' to 4effect the jvvith the shifting voperation'vvj di position shown in Figure 4, at Whiclitime, the secondary gears.havevbeenfshifted to the." f high frange"connectionAt this :point7 the f' gearsfof theA main ytransmission arel still in c i Yneutral and 'thefselec'tor shaft e is rocked to llineir'rFigure5.v Atthis time, vfinger g2 en' Aengages'notches d? and cs to vprevent-movef. ment of the respective sleeves clfand`c .f It" as viewed in'ligure 1l, effects the loiv speed b?, movement of shifting sleeve bto the left position kof the high range. Movement of the shifter sleeve in the'opposite direction providesthe reverse speed connection of the arenoW locked against movement and' movementof'the shifter sleeve c to the right, as viewed in Figurel, provides the intermediate speed connection of the high range While movement of the sleeve to theleft ,providesr the high speedconnection kof the high range.

Suitable notches are provided on the refY -spective shafts Z), c andcl to be engaged by f notches, a plurality of notches on the two last l c y jsleeves, means tocontrol .the other mechanism from other of the sleeves, a notch in the `sleeve controllingthe firstimechanism, a plu,-

spring pressed detents carried by each of the shiftersleeves. y In'this inanner,the correct vposition of each sleeve foreach shift is ac-` curately assumed.` e Y y Figure 12 illustrates, diagraminatically, the pathofmovement ofthe gear shift lever to obtain the necessary speedrhanges, The

' many advantages inherent in the 'foregoing construction Will lie-quite apparent andthe simplicity of parts makes the foregoin, `r,icon'- struction readilyradaptable toquantity product-ion. '.By reason of the small number of parts, as Well as vtheir strong,construction, the device is easily serviced and no confusion results in operating the vehicle throughthe greater number of speeds. 4l/,Vhile the invention has been described in connection withy :the accompanyingdrawings it is not to bev limited, save; as defined .in .the vappended claims. Y

I claimasmy invention i 1. AV shifting mechanism comprising three shifter shafts, shifter sleeves mounted on each shaft and formed with shifting forks, a notch on each sleeve, a. selector shaft, a locking disc onthe selector shaft for engaging 'the notches,

a plurality of additional notches on each. sleeve, and-means on the selectorshaftfor en I l gaging they last named notches selectively. y

2. AArsliifting mechanism',comprising three shifter shafts, shifter' sleeves mounted jon each shaft and formed. With shifting forks, a notch in two ofthesleeves, a selector shaft, a lockingY disc Von the `selector shaft for engaging the named. sleeves,means on the selector shaft lfor enga gingthev lastnamed notches selectively, `means on the selectors iaft for engaging and shiftingA the third sleeve, anda plurality of notcheson thethird sleeveengageable selecf 'i tivelyby the locking. disc.

3, A shiftingY.mechanism.k comprising three shiftershaft-s,shiftersleevesmounted oneah shaft and formed With shifting forks, a notch in tivo of the sleeves, a selector shaft, a locking for engaging the last named notches selectively, a plurality of notches on the third sleeve engageable `selectively by the locking disc, and a third notch on the last named sleeve'engageable by the `engaging means.

e. A shifting mechanism comprising a plurality of shifter shafts, a shifter sleeve mounted on each shaft for movement in either direction, a selector shaft, means on the shaft for engaging the sleeves upon predetermined rocking and sliding movement of the selector shaft to shift one of the sleeves initially' to a desired position, and then select and shift anotherof the sleeves to ardesired position.

5.' A shiftingmechanism comprisingv a plurality of shifter shafts, shifter forks carried vby the shafts, a selector shaft, a selective gear shifting mechanism. operated by one of the forks, a selective gear shifting mechanism drivenpfrom the first mechanism, means to control the first mechanism by one of the forks, means'to control the last named mechanism byothei ofthe forks after the last named fork has been moved to a selected position,

engaging means on the selector shaft to shift a plurality vof the` forks selectively inra plusleeves, means to control the other mechanism from otherof the sleeves, a notch in the sleeve V controlling the first mechanism, a plurality of notches inthe otherk sleeves, means on the selectory shaft to engage the first notch, means n on the selector shaft for engaging, selectively,

the plurality of' notches, and means to move the selector shaft tocause to engage they notches selectively.

c 7. Ashifting mechanism comprising a plurality of shifter shafts, shifter sleeves carried control one of the mechanisms from one of the c llf) by theshafts, a selector shaft, a selective gear shifting mechanism` operated by one ofthe sleeves, a selective gear shifting mechanism driven from the first i'ifieclianisn'i,` means to control one of the mechanisms from one of the Y selectively-to move the shifter sleeves into ak plurality-of positions, and means topi-'event movement VAof one o-f'thesleeves in one direc-V z tion upon a predetermined movement of the controlling sleeve for the Afirst mentioned mechanism. y l

8. A shifting mechanism comprising a plu'- rality of shifter forks movable into a'pluralj ity of shiftingpositions, an additional shifter fork, aeornmon shifting means for moving all of the vforks, and means-actuated by the shifting means and controlling its engagement With theV iirs't forks to shift the additional fork into" a desired position before moving the first yforks to perfect a plurality of shifts. i

This specification*signed'tliis'th` of i Y November, A. A

, v lKEITH MA'NVILL'E; 

